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Install Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean On Amazon Kindle Fire (AOSP ROM)

Amazon Kindle Fire users are in for a treat as an AOSP ROM with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean has been released, which has enabled users to install Android Jelly Bean on their Kindle Fire devices. This port of the latest Android OS has been made available on the XDA Developer’s Forum. Read more details, including installation instructions from the guide given below

Recently, when Google pushed their Jelly Bean source code to the Android Open Source Project (AOSP), the Android world began anticipating custom ROMs for numerous Android devices. Thanks to XDA developer Hashcode, Kindle Fire has become one of the first devices to receive this update.

Issues Identified So Far

The port seems to be almost functional, with some minor glitches. Based on the response from users, a few issues have been identified for the ROM, including Wi-Fi issues for which a fix is given below, as well as problems with Netflix and YouTube (HD Codecs). To find out if these issues have been rectified, see the XDA Developer’s Forum link given at the end of this post.

Disclaimer:

Please follow this guide at your own risk. WML Cloud will not be responsible if your Kindle Fire device gets damaged or bricked during the below mentioned process. It is advised that you should check out the XDA Developers Forum link given at the end of this post for information regarding the current status of this guide, as well as other possible issues that users may have faced after installing this ROM.

This will fix your Wi-Fi issues. You should now have the Jelly Bean loaded AOSP Android 4.1 ROM running on your Kindle Fire device. For more details regarding this ROM and any kind of queries, see the link given below.